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Definition of Backhanders
1. backhander [n] - See also: backhander
Lexicographical Neighbors of Backhanders
Literary usage of Backhanders
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland (1889)
"... Backhanders (common), one who keeps back the decanter in order to hand himself
a second glass before he passes it. Also, a drink out of turn. ..."
2. Descriptions of Occupations by United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States Employment Service (1918)
"He should be able to order stock and calculate sizes; should be able to direct
the work of firemen, backhanders, strikers, and helpers. ..."
3. Racquets, Tennis, and Squash by Eustace Miles (1903)
"We have seen already that Burke habitually uses this support of the thumb for
all Lawn Tennis Backhanders, and that Latham uses it for all strokes and ..."
4. The Contemporary Review (1867)
"He deals no backhanders at any man's faith : he has every man and his faith
already classified, generalized, and ticketed according to ..."
5. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1894)
"... him to his house — it was in the evening — lu- pave nie one of his neat
backhanders : You read the Bible very nicely, II. ; you ought to tudy elocution ..."
6. The Gentleman's Magazine (1872)
"After a few "backhanders," and some rapid exchanges, in which the husband came
by the worst, their conversation turned on money matters—always a sore ..."
7. The Medical and Surgical Reporter (1872)
""to drink unfairly,"}, e., "to take backhanders"—a form of " dipsomania" which
the doctors have not yet discussed. Saved from the Fire. ..."
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